Programs

Joanna Abraham, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: joannaa@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Improving collaborative practices in healthcare using principles and techniques from informatics to promote patient safety, quality and care continuity
Key words
Communication, Decision support, mental health, telemedicine

Yousef Abu-Amer, PhD
J. Albert Key Professor
- Email: abuamery@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Investigating molecular mechanisms underlying inflammation-induced degenerative skeletal diseases including joint degeneration, inflammatory arthritis and osteolysis
Key words
Musculoskeletal, inflammatory osteolysis, degenerative, bone biology, Signal transduction, NF-kB, Osteoclast, Bone Metabolism, Joint

Nada Abumrad, PhD
Robert C. Atkins Professor of Obesity Research in Medicine
- Email: nabumrad@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Fatty acids regulate energy balance and tissue renewal. Dysfunction of this regulation causes disease
Key words
fatty acid, transport, disease risk

Sarah Ackerman, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: sarah.ackerman@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Understanding how glia shape developmental and pathological plasticity
Key words
astrocytes, plasticity, circuits, development, myelination

Hema Adhikari, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: hema.adhikari@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Cancer Biology
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Key words

Arpana Agrawal, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: arpana@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Human and Statistical Genetics
Research summary
Genetic and environment studies of addictions
Key words

Gustav Akk, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: akk@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Function and modulation of transmitter-gated ion channels
Key words
GABA, ion channel, neurophysiology, nicotinic receptor, pharmacology, structure-function relations

Ream Al-Hasani, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: al-hasanir@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Understanding the endogenous opioid systems to defeat addiction, ameliorate affective disorders, and relieve chronic pain.
Key words

Matthew Albrecht, PhD
Assistant Curator of Conservation Biology
- Email: matthew.albrecht@mobot.org
Program affiliation
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Research summary
Ecology and conservation of rare plants
Key words
plant conservation; reintroduction biology; plant population dynamics; rare plant ecology; restoration ecology; seed and seedling ecology; ex situ conservation

Jennifer Alexander-Brett, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: jalexand@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Respiratory immunobiology, with particular interest in cytokine pathways associated with lung epithelial progenitors
Key words